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Snow and Real Estate

If you purchased a home in Big Bear during the summer months you probably weren’t thinking about things like blowing and drifting snow or sheets of ice around your property. The sun is slowly sinking to its lowest point in the sky and many areas will be shaded by trees or mountains for a large part of the day. Some winters will have snow storms one after the other. Other years can be super dry with hardly any snowfall. No matter what the forecasters say, we just don’t know what will happen until it happens. While … [Read more...]

Big Bear Lake’s Alpine Slide

Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain' is just west of Big Bear Village. At the bottom of the historic 'Rebel Ridge' ski slope of bygone days, the Alpine Slide is famous for year-round play. In and out of season, they offer great family fun with miniature golf, go karts, a water slide with heated pool, and a rather unique, self-controlled bobsled ride on cement tracks. Here's a tip: You won't get their great view of the lake, if you don't ride the bobsled. In the Winter season, the slide's best feature and most fun, is … [Read more...]